Manchester City Interested in Bargain Deal for Versatile European Star Familiar to Pep Guardiola: Report
Manchester City's woes continued with a 2-1 loss to Manchester United on Sunday, further ...
Manchester City's woes continued with a 2-1 loss to Manchester United on Sunday, further widening the gap to nine points behind league leaders Liverpool. With just one win in their last 11 games across all competitions, it is evident that drastic measures are required to turn their season around.
And it seems like Guardiola will be allowed to make the changes necessary in the January transfer window, with a player he's worked with before at the top of his transfer shortlist.
Manchester City to reunited Guardiola with Joshua Kimmich
According to the Daily Star, Manchester City are eyeing up a January move for Joshua Kimmich, who Pep Guardiola managed to great effect at Bayern Munich in 2015/16.
Signed by the Catalan boss for €7m as a 20-year-old, Kimmich made 36 appearances in his first season in Bavaria, operating at centre-back, centre-midfield and right-back over the course of the campaign.
That verstaility could prove abundantly useful for Guardiola as he looks to turn things around at Manchester City, with issues in defence and midfield limiting his team so far this season. Kimmich could prove most useful at the base of midfield, however, with Rodri out injured for the rest of the season and the German extremely capable dictating play from a deeper position.
There's potential for Manchester City to sign Kimmich for much less than his £41.5m Transfermarkt valuation, too. With his Bayern Munich contract expiring at the end of the season, Kimmich is free to start speaking to clubs outside of Germany from January 1, ahead of signing a pre-contract agreement to move at the end of the season.
Get FourFourTwo NewsletterContact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.With the risk of losing him for a free a very real possibility, Bayern could therefore look to cash in on the 29-year-old in January instead, with the aforementioned report suggesting as little as £10m could tempt the German giants into a sale.
In FourFourTwo's view, Kimmich seems like the perfect player Manchester City need right now to fix some of their problems. While we expect a fee of more than £10m is needed for a deal to go through, it'll still be a cheap price regardless.
Whether or not the diminutive star would want to leave his home country for Manchester is another issue entirely, especially when Bayern are back to dominating and City are struggling.
